LGBTQ+ Community

DEAR LGBTQ+ Community,

OurShelves is for us.

My wife, Jenn, and I have a five-year-old, Anna, and a six-month-old, Isaac. We think our little ones - all of our littles ones - deserve so much better than the current picture book status quo.

How many high-quality books do you have with LGBTQ+ characters or families? Whatever the number is, you are most likely here because you agree that it's not enough. Not to mention all the beautiful diversity existing within and outside of our families that remains invisible in much of today's offerings . . .

Like most change throughout history, change will occur when we organize ourselves, with our allies, to collectively advocate. There are enough of us to accelerate change in the children's book industry, but only if we ensure we're counted, individually and collectively.

This is what OurShelves is all about -- we are standing up, collectively, to be counted in a long, sustained wave of powerful consumer demand for existing and still-needed diverse books.

First, together, we are connecting existing, hard-to-find content to our little ones so they don't miss out on what does exist.